Adjusting mechanism for shocking-machines.



C.. R. RANEY.

ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR SHOCKING MACHINES. APPL-muon FILED Alnfzs, 1917,.

` Patented SQpt. 11, 191'?,

' C. R. IANE-Y. ADIUSTING MECHANISM FOR SHOCKING MACHINES.

Y APPLICATION FILED APR.28. ISI?.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917 3 SHEETSTSHEET 3.

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i-eLnM-:MA n. RANEY, OFMOHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNon To INTERNATIONAL LIAR- vnsrnn COMPANY orvNnw JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY;

ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR SHQCKINGr-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

Application filed April 28, 1917. Serial No. 165,217.

.To all who/m, t may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, CLEMMA R. RANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county oi'Cook andState of In order that a shocker of the Raney type may operate successfully and do" its best work in the field under varying grain "conditions, it has been found that a certain consta-nt relation must be 'maintained between the binding mechanism and the binder deck,

between the sheaf delivery fork of the shocker and the binder, and between the cradle of the shocker and the ground.

Let us suppose that the shocker has been operating in short grain and it is desired to shocklong grain. In changing `:from one condition to the other, it is necessary that the binding mechanism be adjusted relative to the binder deck in order that the band may be properly placed on the sheaves and be substantially equally vspaced from the butts and heads thereof. It is also necessary that ,the sheaf delivery lfork of the shocker be adjusted relative to the binder in order that the sheai may be properly tpositioned on Vthe fork for delivery to the shea-f receiving cradle, and in changing from short to Y Vlong grain, it is necessary to lengthen the distance between the body of Ithe shocker frame and the binder.` VVihen this distance is lengthened, the sheaves will be so positioned on the` delivery fork that when delivered to the cradle they will project a greater distance through the end tines of the cradle, and ii the cradle were not vertically adjusted to compensate for this, the butts of the sheaves would prematurely strike the ground and the shock would not be lproperly set upin theeld, but would lean forwardly, and if conditions werepextreme, would be deposited prostrate upon the ground.

To remedy these conditions, Ihave devised Inypresent invention, the object of which is to provide means for simultaneously making these three adjustments, namely, adjusting the binding mechanism relative to the binder deck, adjustingI the sheafdelivery fork and shocker relative to the binder, and adjusting the shocker cradle relative to lthe ground. The construction has been so devised that as the shocker is adjusted longitudinally with respect to the binder, it will also be vertically adjusted, the dimensions of the various parts being so planned that the vertical adjustment compensates in each casefor the longitudinal adjustment.

` A further object is to provide means for longitudinally adjusting the shocker independently of the simultaneous vertical and longitudinal adjustment, whereby any required Vlongitudinal adjustment of the shocker relative to the binder may be obtained regardless of vthe height to which the shocker is adjusted. 1 1

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated one embodiment oi my invention,-

Figure l is a top plan view of the Ianey type shocker having myimproved adjusting mechanism thereon;

Fig. '2 is aside elevation of Fig. 1, showing also the position of the binding mechanism `relative to the shocker;

Fig, 3 isa rear elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. t is an enlarged `detail of the mecha nism for vertically adjusting the shocker frame; and

"Fig, 5 is a diagrammatic side elevation 'showing the three 'adjustments' and the mechanism for 'accomplishing these adjustments.

The shocker illustrated isthevwell known Raney type and comprises a U-shaped frame 10 carried by wheels 11 and provided with a forwardly projecting supporting tongue 12 which is'slidably supported at 13 on a laterally projecting supporting pipe 14 carried by the binder.` 'The shocker is also provided with the usual sheaf delivery fork 15 pivoted at 16 to theshaft 17 carried by the frame and reciprocable in a foreV andaft direction to deliver the sheaves received `:from the binding mechanism to the forwardly and rearwardly tiltable shocker cradle 18A pivoted at 19 to the main frame and provided' with the usual end gate comprised of a pipe 2O andupstanding tinesQL The means for vertically adjusting the shocker iframe will' which project laterally from the lower ends of vertical standards or posts 23 having se- Fig. l. The frame members 25 are provided at their upper ends with the angular brackets 26 rigidly secured to said members and provided with journals 27 in the laterally projecting portions thereof. A crank 28 is journaled in each of these angular brackets and has secured thereto below the bracket, a collar 29 which prevents `any relative movement between the crank 23 and theV bracket 26. This crank 28 has integral therewith a vertical screw 30 which is threaded in a screw-threaded aperture 31 of the bracket 24. From the above description it will be seen that as the crank 28 is turned,

the standard 23 being fixed, the bracket 26,

frame member 25, and the shocker frame to which the frame member is secured, will be vertically adjusted. Additional brace members 32 are secured to the frame members 25 and to the shocker frame, the front brace 32 being secured to a laterally and outwardly inclined member 33 which forms a part of` the shocker frame. For the purpose of connecting the vertical adjusting mechanism with the longitudinal adjusting mechanism for the shocker, I have provided a bell crank lever 34 made up of arms 35, 36 connected by a brace 37 and pivotedto a pin 38 projecting laterally from the frame member 33. Thisbell crank lever is slotted at its rear end, as shown at 39, and projecting through this slot is a laterally extending pin 40 secured to the bracket 24. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the bell crank 34 is inclined to the vertical, Yand at its lower eind is provided with a. downwardly projecting portion 41 which is guided in its longitudinal movement in a slot 42 formed in a bracket 43 secured to the shocker frame. Intermediate its pivot and its lower end, the arm 36 of the bell crank is provided with a circular journal bearing 44, in which is journaled a pipe 45 which is secured to the belll crank b y means of a, link 46. This pipe is journaled at its other end to a seat post V47 of the binder and carries a vertical lever 48 for rotating the pipe for a purpose hereinafter described. The pipe45 is provided adjacent the shocker with a downwardly projecting crank arm ,49 which is connected by a link 50 to the laterally projecting supportingp'ipe 14 on the binder.

A portion of the binding mechanism is shown in Fig. 2 and comprises a needle 51 which, with its coperating binding mechanism, is longitudinally adjustable on the binder supporting pipe 52 in a manner well known in the art. The binding mechanism including the needle 51 is connected by means of a link 53 to the frame member 33 Y of the shocker, this connection being shown at 54. The operation of the three adjustments above described will now be explained. A

Assuming that the parts are in the position shown in full lines in the drawings, and that in this position they are adjusted to operate on short grain, if it is desired to op-` crate the machine in la field of long grain,

the crank 28 is turned to the left, or, looking at Fig. 1, in an anti-clockwisedirection. This will rotate the screw 30 and will raise the frame of the shocker, the extreme upper position being shown in dottedvlines in Fig. 2. As the -shocker frame and the member 25 connected thereto are raised, it will be seen that the bell crank lever 35 willberotated about its pivot 38, sincethe pin 40, which is carried by the bracket 24 secured to the fixed standard 23, does not move vertically, whereas the `pivot pin 38 of the bell crank is carried by the shocker frame member 33 and does move vertically. With this in mind, it will be seen thatas the pivot pin 38 and bell crank are moved vertically, the rear arm 35 of the bell crank will assume a position approximately vhorizontal and the lower arm 36 will be rotated in a clockwise direction, assuming the position shown in dotted lines in Fig; 2, the lower end 41 of the arm 36 being positioned at the opposite 2, the link 53, which connects theshocker frame with the binding mechanism, will also be adjusted and the binding mecha-I nism will assume the position also in dotted lines in the same ligure.

ln addition to the simultaneous vertical and longitudinal adjustmentj above described, it will benotedrthat the shocker may be longitudinally adjusted relative to the binder independently ofthe vertical adjustment by means of the lever'48 mounted on the seat of thebinder. As this lever is manipulated, the pipe 45 will berotated in its bearing on the'bell crank lever 34, and as this ypipe is rotated, itwill carry with it the'crank arm 49, and by means of the link connection 50 with the supporting pipe 14 of the binder,'the shocker will be longitudinally adjusted. This relative rotation and movement of the pipe with relation to the bell crank is permitted by means of the link connection 46 between these members. It will thus be seen thatthe angular relation between the crank arm 49- on the shocker frame and the bell crank 34 can be adjusted as desired by the lever 48, and this adjusted angular relation will be maintained practically constant as ther shocker is adjustedI longitudinally with relation to the binder simultaneously with the adjustment of the shocker.

` It will thus be seen that I have provided means Jfor simultaneously adjusting the shocker frame vertically with respect to the ground, the binding mechanism longitudi-V nally with respect to the shocker, and the shocker frame longitudinally with respect to the binder. By means of this combination adjustment, I have enabled the operator of the machine to make all the necessary adjustments occasioned by the varying lengths ot grain operated upon by means of one operation. In this way I have also assured the correct relative positions of the shocker and binder and the binding mechanism on the binder. By thus insuring the correct adjustment of` these mechanisms, the sucw cessful operation of the machine is also insured and the setting of the shocks in a correct manner is made certain. v

While I have in the above specification described one embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that various modifications of the same may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed by the following claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In combination, a binder including a binder frame and binding mechanism, a

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shocker, and means for simultaneously ad! justing the shocker longitudinally and viertically relative to the binder and the binding mechanism longitudinally with respect to the binder frame. j

2. In combination, a binder, a shocker, means for simultaneously adjusting 4the shocker longitudinally and vertically, and means for adjusting the shocker longitudinally independently of said last named means.

3. In combination, a binder, a shocker, means for simultaneously adjusting the shocker longitudinally and vertically with respect to the binder, and means carried by the binder for adjusting the shocker longitudinally with respect to said binder independently of the simultaneous vertical and longitudinal adjustment.

4. In combination, a binder, a shocker, and means for simultaneously adjusting said shocker vertically and longitudinally with respect to said binder, said means including a lever pivoted to said shocker and movable with said shocker about one end as said shocker is raised and lowered.

5. In combination, a binder, a shocker, and means including a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said shocker for simultaneously adjusting said shocker vertically and longitudinally with respect to said binder.

6. In combination, a binder including a binder frame and binding mechanism, a shocker, means connecting the binde1 and shocker and the binding mechanism and shocker for simultaneously adjusting the shocker longitudinally with respect to the binder and the binding mechanism longitudinally with respect to the binder frame, and a plurality of independently operable `means for controlling said adjusting means.

7. In combination, a binder having binding mechanism thereon, a shocker frame operatively connected thereto, a swinging shea-' delivery member carried thereon, and means for `simultaneously adjusting said delivery member and shocker frame relative to the binder, said shocker frame and delivery member vertically, and said binding mechanism.longitudinally relative to said binder.

S. In combination, a binder, a wheeled truck, a shocker :trame carried thereon and operatively connected to said binder, means for simultaneously adjusting said shocker frame vertically on said truck and said shocker frame and truck longitudinally with respect'to said binder, and means for independently adjusting said frame and truck longitudinally with respect to said binder.

9. In combination, a binder having a binder frame and sheaf binding mechanism thereon, a wheeled truck, a shocker frame carried thereon and operatively connected to said binder, and means for simultaneously adjustingsaid shocker `frame vertically on said truck, said shocker frame and truck longitudinally with respect to `said binder, and said binding mechanism longitudinally with respect to said binder frame.

10. In combination, a binder, a wheeled truck, a shocker frame carried thereby, a bell crank lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said frame, a sliding connection between one arm of lsaid lever and said truck, means connecting the other arm of said lever and said binder, and means Jfor vertically adjusting said shocker Jframe with respect to said truck.

11. In combination, a binder, a wheeled truck, a shocker frame carried thereby, a bell crank lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said frame, a sliding connection between one arm of said lever and said truck, means adjustably connecting the other arm of said lever and said binder, guiding means Afor the lower end of said bell crank lever,

and means for vertically adjusting Vsaid shocker frame with respect to said truck.

. 12. In combination, a binder, a Wheeled truck, a shocker frame carried thereby, a bell crank lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said frame, one of the arms of said bell crank lever being held at one point against movement in a vertical plane, means for connecting the other arm of said lever to said binder, and means for adjusting said shocker frame vertically. Y

13. In combination, a binder, a shocker, means including a crank shaft for simultaneously adjusting saidv shocker longitudinally and vertically relative to said binder, means for rotating said shaft to vary the longitudinal adjustment of said shocker, and means for moving said crank shaft bodily to vary said longitudinal adjustment.

14. In combination, a binder, a shocker, a

bell crank leverpivoted on Vsaid shocker, a

crank shaft journaled on said lever, a crank on said shaft, operative connections between said crank and said binder, means foi' rotat-vY i ing said crank shaft, and means for tilting said lever.

15. In combination, a binder, a wheeled truck, a shocker traine carried thereby, a bell crank lever pivoted to said frame, a pin and slot connection between one arm of said bell crank lever and said truck, a crank shaft j ournaled'in the other arm` of said bell crank lever, operative connections between said crank shaft and binder, means for roT tating said crank shaft, and means for tilting said bell'crank lever.

16. In combination, a binder, a shocker,

a bell crank lever pivoted on said shocker,

a'crank shaft journaled at its grainward end on said binder and at its stubbleward end on said bell crank lever, mea-ns connecting the stubbleward end of said crank shaft to said'binder, means for rotating said shaft, and means for tilting said lever.

17. In combination, a binder including a frame and binding mechanism thereon,a` shocker, means for adjusting said shocker vertically, and means actuated by said last mentioned means for adjustingsaid shocker and binding` mechanism longitudinally with respect to saidbinder fram 18. In combination, a binder'including a'V frame and binding mechanism thereon, a

shocker, means for adjusting said shocker` vertically, andrmeans vfor adjusting said shocker and `binding mechanism longit'udi- Y nally with respect to said binder `frame and maintaining a constant proportion between the vertical `movement of the shocker and the longitudinal movement and binding mechanism.

19. In combination, a hinder, a shocker, means for simultaneously adjusting said of the shocker` shocker vertically and Vlongitudinally with respect tosaidbinder, said means' including a lever pivotally connected to said shocker, and means for simultaneously moving said lever Vand for swinging said lever about its pivot. j Y

20. In combination, a binder, a shocker,

4means for simultaneously adjusting said `shocker vertically and longitudinally with respect to said binder, said means including a lever pivotally connected to said shocker, and means for simultaneously adjusting said pivot vertically lever about its pivot.

21. In combinatiom a'binder, a shocker,

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